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Dana Clark
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I recently lost my beloved maple tree in a storm so I took some time to paint her stump today. Just now I thought to myself “I wonder if there is an #artchallenge on BlueSky that this could fit into” and realized the #JuliArty theme today is #maple!? Perfect. RIP Ms Maple. I miss your shade.
The stump of a maple tree and its roots are centered in the photo surrounded by grass. The stump has been painted green with colorful handwritten letters spelling out “May peace prevail on earth.” There is a purple coneflower and a bee painted on it as well.
July 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Here’s a coneflower I painted in class last night. My grandfather used to paint flowers so I was remembering him while working on it. #smArtist #ArtYear #watercolor
Watercolor painting of a pink coneflower
June 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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This guy used to run the streets but now he lives like a little floofy prince. We call him Muffin. #Caturday
Soft cat with white belly and paws, and orange above his yellow eyes, lying on a teal and orange rug looking toward sunlight. His shadow and the shadow of a bird feeder are prominent in the photo.
May 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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It’s not fall, and it’s not snowing, but it’s #Caturday and I’m curious to see if I can post a photo on loop. Findings in comments.
Silhouette of an orange and white tabby cat looking out a window. It is snowing. There are tall oak trees with with fall leaves still attached and other trees in the background that have dropped theirs. Cattails cover much of the ground.
May 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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My senator @slotkin.senate.gov really gets my goat! I’m with Bernie on this one.
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sen. Elissa Slotkin's (D-Mich.) suggestion that Democrats stop using the term "oligarchy," because it doesn't resonate with Americans, on "Meet the Press": "I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are."
April 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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“20 paintings that have influenced you” challenge

Andrea Kowch, An Invitation
Realistic painting of 4 women gathered around a table for tea. One woman stares directly at us. One is distracted and pouring milk onto the table. Another stares off while her piece of pie slips off the plate. Another is holding a weasel who is being her fingers. Birds eat the seeds of dead flowers in a vase at the center of the table. A small pig eats a peach. A growling dog sits at the side of the table waiting for scraps. The painting feels like magic realism.
April 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Happy #Caturday!
Close up of a white and orange kitten resting his chin on a bright pink toy. His big eyes are looking directly at the camera
March 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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“20 Paintings that have influenced you” challenge

Andrea Kowch, Soirée
Painting of young woman sitting outdoors on the ground with food sitting out for a picnic. But there are crows all around taking the food and a dog trying to chase them away. There is a barn in the distance with stormy clouds overhead. I love the chaos of the scene contrasting with the expression of the woman looking like she is so distracted she doesn’t even notice.
March 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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“20 paintings that have influenced you” challenge. I bought these from a woman for $10. She said her aunt was a nun who traveled the world and liked to bring back small beautiful things. Her name was Sister Grace and she bought these in Italy.
Two small oil paintings in shades of blue, green, yellow, brown and gray. They show images of an Italian countryside including small houses, some water, and mountains in the background.
March 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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“20 paintings that have influenced you” challenge. #1 large oil painting by Justin Bernhardt, Michigan #art
Oil painting of woman in blues, greens, reds, and yellows. Abstract and textured, hanging in a silver frame on a gray wall.
March 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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When you spent the first part of your life running the streets but now live a life of luxury #caturday
White and orange cat sleeping on his back with his tummy exposed on a rug in the sunlight
March 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Here’s a little painting from my watercolor class last night for #MakersmARTch #paint
A little watercolor painting made up of blues, browns, and peach colors. It’s a waterscape, with a rowboat in the foreground. The painting is streaky and imperfect as it was copied from an actual painting by a beginner.
March 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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March 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Here’s today’s #MarchIntoLandscapes for the prompt #sprawling. I’m a beginner in a community watercolor class, and I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it is so good for me. Art before dishes, Blueskyans!
March 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Taquamenon Falls in Paradise, Michigan #Marchintolandscapes
In the lower distance you see Taquemenon Falls. The photo is framed with green trees of different varieties, close and in the distance behind the falls. There is a blue partly cloudy sky above
March 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Young scientist with lab assistant #caturday
At a child-sized table, an orange cat and a young girl are working on a science experiment. The girl is filling a pipette with water while the cat watches carefully. A large orange bowl with blue water, scissors, and other supplies and papers are on the table. The girl’s face is blurred out.
March 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Happy #Caturday! Here’s my cat, Sunny, and his squirrel friend, Stanley.
A small orange cat with a cream and orange striped tail sits in a large white windowsill looking out at a plump brown squirrel who is looking back in at him
February 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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#FebruARTy #turquoise

I’m a newbie in a local watercolor class and it is so fun. Here’s a little painting I did last week that has some turquoise in it.
February 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Anyone else completely obsessed with the wallpapers and tile floors on Only Murders in the Building? I do really enjoy the show too.
A screenshot taken from an article written by Erin E Gross about the show Only Murders in the Building. The image shows the three main characters sitting at a table with a bold orange patterned wallpaper in the background and an orange, yellow, white, and blue tiled floor under them.
February 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Bluesky has helped me wean off all other social media platforms and it’s amazing how much better I feel overall. And it’s very cool to be able to connect with a community of creatives, thinkers, and activists here. But my favorite part is that every Saturday is #Caturday!
February 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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When we had to quarantine at the start of the pandemic in 2020, my 5-yr-old and I used to turn boxes into rooms and tape them to the outside of our window. Then we would put birdseed on the floor and sit and wait for birds to visit. Here’s our very first visitor — a chickadee! #FebruARTy #ArtYear
A cardboard box colored with black sharpie and watercolor paint to look like a living room. There are little paintings all over the wall that have been drawn by a child. There is an open green door cut into the back of the box. A small black, white, and gray bird has landed inside to eat the birdseed on the floor.
February 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Spider-cat!

#caturday
#catsofbluesky
A photograph of an orange tabby cat who appears to be climbing up an interior glass window, but really the cat was mid-jump when the photo was taken
February 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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An image of a quote by Dan Savage that reads: During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for. It didn’t look like we were going to win then and we did. It doesn’t feel like we are going to win now but we could. Keep fighting. Keep Dancing.
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Today’s #FebruARTy theme is #eyes. It is hard to get a good photo because this is in a tiny dark corner of my hallway, but you can see I stenciled eyes on the blue wall. All the pottery bird art you see was made by Tonya Rund from Michigan. Stencil from Royal Design Studio.
An interior corner of a hallway. One wall is painted light gray and the other is a slate blue. The blue wall has slightly lighter blue evil eyes stenciled all over. There are three pieces of pottery hanging, all with happy, small birds on them.
February 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Emotional regulation hack: Make a color swatch for a watercolor kit.
A watercolor paint kit with a piece of paper printed with rectangles to fill in with each color of paint, and a paintbrush near it. A little over half of the rectangles have been painted in so it looks very organized and colorful.
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM